Shelf-support



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES H. J. DILG, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SHELF-SUPPORT.

T0 (ZZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I. CHARLES H. J. DILo, a citizen of the United States, residing at the city of New York in the borough-of hlanhattan and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shelf-Supports, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to shelf supports and embodiments of my invention are particularly adapted to be removably inserted into one of the sockets or holes provided in the side walls of bookcases. medicine chests and the like.

One of the primary objects of the invention is to provide a supportof this character which is so constructed that when it is turned or reversed in its socket, the height of the shelf is thereby adjusted, whereby an intermediate adjustment may be obtained between two adjacent sockets of a vertical row in the wall of the case or cabinet.

Another object of the invention 18 to provide a. support of the character referred to which, while adjustable to obtain an intermediate position of the shelf, is neverthe less firmly retained in position by the shelf itself.

A further object of the invention is to provide a support of the character referred to which is of a simple construction and may be manufactured at a. comparatively low cost.

lVith these and other objects in view the invention contemplates a shelf support of the kind each of which is adapted to provide support for a shelf at one point onlyand consisting of a small plate of sheet metal or the like having a stem or stud secured to one face and preferably though not necessarily arranged eccentric to the plate but in the vertical median line thereof, and having from its opposite face a struck-out ledge extending across the vertical median line and disposed between the center of the plate and the edge opposite the stem.

In the drawings one embodiment of the invention is shown; and

Figure 1 shows the shelf support in elevation, a portion of the wall of a case and shelf also being shown;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 11, 1921.

Application filed December 13, 1917. Serial No. 206,893.

Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the support in its reverse position;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the support; and

Fig. 4 is an end view thereof.

The support consists of a bracket 1 and a post or stem 2 which is adapted to fit into a hole or socket in the side wall of a cabinet or case. metal, the blank being of a substantially rectangular shape having rounded corners. A preferably U-shaped slit is formed in onehalf of this blank and the portion of the blank outside the slit is bent at right angles to the remaining portion of the blank to provide a T-shaped bracket having a U- shaped horizontal ledge or support 3 for the shelf, and alining sections or legs 4 and 5 constituting a vertical bearing plate. The post or stem 2 which preferably consists of a round pin is riveted to the leg 5 of the vertical bearing plate so that it extends in an opposite direction to the U shaped supporting ledge 3 and is disposed in a different horizontal plane. The head of the rivet is countersunk so that itdoes not project materially beyond the face of the plate. The support is shown in Fig. 1 so inserted in a socket that the supporting ledge 3 is disposed above the rivet. A shelf 6 rests upon the supporting ledge 3 and bears against the leg or section 4 of the vertical plate,.and thereby holds the plate against the side wall 7 of the cabinet and prevents the stem 2 from accidentally escaping from thesocket. The support mayalso be placed in the same socket in a reverse position, as is shown in Fig. 2; that is, with its supporting ledge be- The bracket is-formed from sheet low the level of the post or stem 2, in which I nets, Where it is frequently necessary to ad-- just the height of the shelf a small distance in order to permit a book or bottle of slig tly larger sue to be placed in the case or cabinet.

In the preferred construction the thickness of the vertical bearing plate should be the same throughout its .length so that irrespective of the position of the support, the shelf 6 will bear against the plate and hold it tightly against the side Wall of the case or cabinet so as to prevent any playing or looseness of the support or shelf,

As will be evident, the support is simple and cheap to manufacture, since the bracket portion may be stamped from sheet metal and the pin or stem secured thereto in a riveting machine.

It is obvious that the parts 3 and4 can be reversed, and that the part 3 may be of other shape than a closed loop, the term U-shape being intended to cover such an obvious modification of the shape of this part. It is obvious that other modifications may be made in the construction shown in the drawings and aboveparticularly described Within the principle and scope of my invention. I claim: A reversible shelf support comprising a vertical sheet metal bearing plate having a stem or the like extending from one faceof the plate in substantially the vertical medial line thereof, and having an eccentric horizontal supporting ledge struck out therefrom and extending from the opposite face of the plate intermediate its ends and disposed partially on each side of the vertical medial line, whereby the support is held in place in either of its reversed positions.

In Witness whereof, I subscribe my signature.

CHARLES H. J. DILG. 

